Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2023-08-09

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Aug 9
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
172 head
672 vs last sale 844 578 vs year ago 750 · 77.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
39 vs last sale 37 72 vs year ago 148 · 48.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
65 head
63 vs last sale 2 45 vs year ago 20 · +225.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows firm to 2.00 higher. Rain and green grass have lightened runs dramatically while generating several local takers for light calves. There were several good quality fall calving cows that sold at prices around $600/head than just a few weeks ago.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $294.94/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$294.94
53 head · 482 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,422
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$177
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$27.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.83
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1457301.241,37641
Medium and Large 1-2568273.421,55312thin
One grade step is worth $27.82/cwt here — about −$177 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale53 hd
294.94
MO average13 barns · 6,044 hd
269.11
+25.83
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,656118.011,9547thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,274111.381,41938
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,566111.231,7429thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03798.471,02118

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,170$1,98244

Every lot, as filed

40 lots · USDA AMS · South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2345290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0012
BullsMedium and Large 1-2415271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,1252
BullsMedium and Large 1-2575238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,3692
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy520232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,2062
BullsMedium and Large 1-2471283.67/cwt281.00–290.001,3368
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2458249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,1404
SteersMedium and Large 1374324.20/cwt322.00–330.001,2137
SteersMedium and Large 1272327.21/cwt322.00–328.008908
SteersMedium and Large 1-2355328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,1643
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned480234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,1233
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned525228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,1972
SteersMedium and Large 1485292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,4163
SteersMedium and Large 1-2470285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3403
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned610251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,5312
SteersMedium and Large 1567285.27/cwt280.00–290.001,61713
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy563231.09/cwt227.00–235.001,3014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy620224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,3892
SteersMedium and Large 1435305.52/cwt302.50–312.001,3296
SteersMedium and Large 1640272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,7412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2902
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2412251.07/cwt242.00–256.001,0346
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2370246.00/cwt246.00–246.009102
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2510236.55/cwt234.00–239.001,2066
HeifersMedium and Large 1270299.00/cwt299.00–299.008074
HeifersMedium and Large 1326282.87/cwt279.00–285.509229
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full870210.50/cwt210.50–210.501,8314
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1701,982.20/head1,750.00–2,200.001,98244
Bulls2,190125.00/cwt125.00–125.002,7381
Bulls1,483106.64/cwt105.00–108.001,5812
Bulls1,609121.94/cwt121.00–123.501,9624
CowsLean 85-90%1,076102.79/cwt98.00–107.501,1069
CowsLean 85-90%1,09084.57/cwt82.00–87.009222
CowsBoner 80-85%1,270117.55/cwt117.00–118.501,4933
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,588114.75/cwt114.50–115.001,8222
CowsBoner 80-85%1,395102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,4231
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,668105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,7512
CowsLean 85-90%1,000108.27/cwt108.00–108.501,0832
CowsLean 85-90%96092.32/cwt92.00–93.008865
CowsBoner 80-85%1,271111.11/cwt107.00–116.001,41234
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,516112.32/cwt111.00–113.001,7035

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.